firebug

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FIREBUG

a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property <after the second suspicious fire, police set a trap for the firebug>

Synonyms firebug, incendiary, torch

Related Words pyromaniac; flamer, igniter (also ignitor), immolator, inflamer, kindler

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